Price Hike?

[RuneDancer]

Just noticed that the prices of both Chasm of Doom and Shadow on the Sand have both been set at £12.

Any particular reason for doing this? I consider a 20% increase in price rather large

 

[EvilRedEye]

Plus the unavoidable postage.

Perhaps summat to do with having to replace a load of copies of 1 and 3?

 

[BlackCat]

Perhaps summat to do with having to replace a load of copies of 1 and 3?

The price in USD raised of only $2 when it should in fact be nearly $5, if they indeed raised the price of the books of £2. That makes me think that it is an error. However, if they are really raising their prices... I really, really hope that they are not trying to give us the bill for their own printing errors, because that will make a lot of people angry... :?

 

[eviltb]

Hmmmm.

Sucks for me cause I never orded the megadeal, so paying for books on a book by book basis.

A price hike at this point is totally unreasonable, especially given the recent printing error.

Comments from mongoose???

 

[Clegane]

I purchase and read many books every year. Many many many books, both gaming and otherwise. Printing errors are part of that process. I challenge you to find many other publishers out there at ALL who would be so good as to replace your books the way Mongoose has been doing thus far. You people need to stop sneering and be glad they're reprinting the bloody books at all, let alone being so generous as to give out free replacement copies for errors that most publishers would ignore or reserve to fix in later printings.

So what if there's a price hike? I have no idea if the increase is related to the printing costs of the book, but with the amount of books they're replacing for people who aren't satisfied with the binding or scream about a simple misprint (that can easily be given a correction reference online), it wouldn't surprise me.

Would you grousers just rather that the entire project lost so much money replacing books that it was decided to be a yawning black hole and canceled all together? Perhaps you'd rather go back to hunting the books down online and paying upwards of 100 bucks for a tattered, cat piss-stained copy of Bucaneers or Vampirium on Ebay?

:roll: Seriously. You people need to freaking chill. I don't recall anyone from the Mongoose staff ever ASSURING you that the price of the books was static and to assume that their already very reasonably-priced hardcovers would remain so for the several years it'll take to publish them is folly.

Be thankful someone is reprinting the books at all, especially with so much extra material and in such a nice form, occasional errors or no. If you can't handle a price increase of less than a freakin pint of stout then you shouldn't be squandering your dole money on gamebooks anyway.

 

[Balgin Stondraeg]

Perhaps summat to do with having to replace a load of copies of 1 and 3?

The price in USD raised of only $2 when it should in fact be nearly $5, if they indeed raised the price of the books of £2. That makes me think that it is an error. However, if they are really raising their prices... I really, really hope that they are not trying to give us the bill for their own printing errors, because that will make a lot of people angry... :?

Maybe, maybe not. They did actualy rise in prize from £9.95 to £10 last month but the already published books (1 & 2) remained £9.95. It could be a mistake or a temporary measure to cover the costs of the missprints.

 

[EvilRedEye]

I wonder how many people will actually bother returning their book though. I mean the binding issues with the first one would have been obvious to any purchaser but with the third, unless you were sent to the missing reference by the book you'd never know unless you went on this forum or maybe the Tower of the Sun ones. There probably aren't that many purchasers who read them.

 

[Balgin Stondraeg]

I wonder how many people will actually bother returning their book though. I mean the binding issues with the first one would have been obvious to any purchaser but with the third, unless you were sent to the missing reference by the book you'd never know unless you went on this forum or maybe the Tower of the Sun ones. There probably aren't that many purchasers who read them.

They sent all the Megadeal customers an email about it (telling us to email them back for a replacement) about book 3. Since you'd need web access (and a working email account) to order the megadeal in the first place we can almost garauntee that people will check when they get their books. There's also a note in the latest Signs & Portents (with a copy of the missing section as per the email and the forums here).

 

[AguilaSaber]

The latest S&P RPG mentions that costs were higher than first estimated for the new printing fascility, so this is could be an adjustment of the price to reflect that.

Another possible explanation is that better/more expensive material were needed than anticipated to meet the quality goals. In short: the materials used for the first Lone Wolf CE book were of insufficient quality. They may have waited with increasing prices until they had something of sufficient quality to avoid several price changes.

 

[EvilRedEye]

I wonder how many people will actually bother returning their book though. I mean the binding issues with the first one would have been obvious to any purchaser but with the third, unless you were sent to the missing reference by the book you'd never know unless you went on this forum or maybe the Tower of the Sun ones. There probably aren't that many purchasers who read them.

They sent all the Megadeal customers an email about it (telling us to email them back for a replacement) about book 3. Since you'd need web access (and a working email account) to order the megadeal in the first place we can almost garauntee that people will check when they get their books. There's also a note in the latest Signs & Portents (with a copy of the missing section as per the email and the forums here).

Ah. Probably a lot more than I expected then.

 

[Sunfire]

I wonder how many people will actually bother returning their book though. I mean the binding issues with the first one would have been obvious to any purchaser but with the third, unless you were sent to the missing reference by the book you'd never know unless you went on this forum or maybe the Tower of the Sun ones. There probably aren't that many purchasers who read them.

They sent all the Megadeal customers an email about it (telling us to email them back for a replacement) about book 3. Since you'd need web access (and a working email account) to order the megadeal in the first place we can almost garauntee that people will check when they get their books. There's also a note in the latest Signs & Portents (with a copy of the missing section as per the email and the forums here).

The email I had said that Mongoose would be sending me a replacement and that I didn't need to email them. Also, I need not return the original COK book either (although that may mean someone somewhere will try flogging the book with the missing section). So kudos to Mongoose.

 

[WritingWolf]

Well £12 is a lot of money, but on the other hand, a Garfield book - paperback and what is basicallt comics, costs about a fiver, so £12 for what is a gorgeous book is not a problem.

Might have to wait till after Xmas to order TCoK though!

 

[True Bull]

The email I had said that Mongoose would be sending me a replacement and that I didn't need to email them. Also, I need not return the original COK book either (although that may mean someone somewhere will try flogging the book with the missing section). So kudos to Mongoose.

Yes. Impressed with the customer service. Identified the problem - probably with several choice swearwords and kicking of inanimate objects at Mongoose HQ. Kept us informed and are just sending out replacements. Mistakes happen. Sort it out & move on.

 

[Winter Wolf]

The email I had said that Mongoose would be sending me a replacement and that I didn't need to email them. Also, I need not return the original COK book either (although that may mean someone somewhere will try flogging the book with the missing section). So kudos to Mongoose.

This is what I got as well. I'm very pleased that they have done this it improves my confidence in the line greatly. I just hope that they can get on top of production issues like this so they can keep future price rises down and make a useful margin for themselves.

WW

 

[Balgin Stondraeg]

In Signs & Portents Matt wrote that they'll begin sending the books in Amazon craboard wrap "boxes" instead of padded envelopes. The price rise could be part of that as well as covering the cost of some early mistakes.

 

[EvilRedEye]

In Signs & Portents Matt wrote that they'll begin sending the books in Amazon craboard wrap "boxes" instead of padded envelopes. The price rise could be part of that as well as covering the cost of some early mistakes.

I'd expect them to add that to the delivery cost rather than the price of the books themselves. Plus the delivery costs are already rather substantial. I'm glad to hear about the improved packaging though.

 

[Arkansaw]

Yes, I just got my copy of CoK and thought I should say a few things. As an overseas customer I find their effort to replace CoK highly commendable. They could have just listed it as an errata on the website (an obvious one no doubt) and just ignored the problem....but they didn't.
In fact, I would think it is a 'bonus' on top of the mega-deal: that slightly defective copy isn't really unusable and collectors might like it considering that it will not be reprinted again (hopefully :wink: )

It's unfortunate that those who buy on a per-book basis...will now have to pay a bit more, though it is yet certain as to the reason behind the hike...until we get an official statement. Lastly, I hope Mongoose will be more careful on production errors like these. I don't mind waiting a little longer!